Customs / Border Force

HMRC are developing a new Customs Declarations System (CDS) in order to accommodate all procedure and process changes to the EU legislation brought by the Union Customs Code. CDS is set to replace CHIEF by March 2019 as the UCC implementation period ended on 30/04/2017. Click title for more information.

The UCC is being introduced across the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2016. There’ll be a number of changes to how goods cross EU borders and some transitional arrangements will operate until 2020. Click title for more information.

Civil Penalty Accreditation Scheme. Under the civil penalty legislation, road haulage companies may have to pay fines if they carry clandestine entrants to the United Kingdom in their vehicles. Click title for more information.